The Khalifah of Islam, A Man of Peace
Source: Peace Symposium Website His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad is the worldwide leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Elected to office in April 2003, His Holiness is the fifth Khalifah (Caliph) […]
Amazon Book Review: Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders
Courtesy of Hanif Koya, California Author: Denise Spellberg Introduction In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom—a […]
Architectural marvel: World’s 7th largest mosque opens for worshippers
Epigraph: And if Allah did not repel some men by means of others, there would surely have been pulled down cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques, wherein the name […]
WHO: New Ebola Cases Could Be Up To 10,000 Per Week In 2 Months
GENEVA (AP) — The death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 percent and there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week in two months, the […]
Three Hijabis: The Three Muslim Women, Who Received Nobel Prize
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Shirin Ebadi was the first and only Iranian to receive a Nobel Prize in 2003. She was also the first […]
The Nobel winner Pakistan won’t celebrate
Source: The Hindustan Times, Courtesy of Basharat Ahmed, Banglore, India Prasun Sonwalkar, Hindustan TimesLondon, October 11, 2014 The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Yousafzai has been officially welcomed in […]
Instead of Columbus Day, some U.S. cities celebrate Indigenous People’s Day
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
First Ebola transmission in U.S.: Texas healthcare worker tests positive
The Muslim Times Tagline: Ebola is here to show the Muslims, Christians, Jews and others that we are all one and in same boat. May God keep us safe. Ameen! (CNN) — […]
Fareed Zakaria: Let’s be honest, Islam has a problem right now
Epigraph: O ye who believe! why do you say what you do not do? Most hateful is it in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not […]
Breaking: Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace prize
Epigraph: Hindu-Muslim relations for this year Nobel Prize, next year for Karen Armstrong for Muslims and Christians relations. http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/bestoftv/2014/10/10/nobel-peace-prize-winner-earlystart.cnn By Laura Smith-Spark, Fri October 10, 2014 (CNN) — The Nobel Peace Prize […]
The fight to make divorce legal in the Philippines
Manila (CNN) — When Rowena Festin leaves her job as a congressional aide in Quezon City, Metro Manila each day, she returns home to three children and a husband. But […]
Nominating Karen Armstrong for Literature Nobel Prize
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Karen Armstrong FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator known for her books on comparative religion. A […]
Medicine Nobel Prize for cells that form a positioning system in the brain
By Ben Brumfield, CNN updated 6:03 AM EDT, Mon October 6, 2014 (CNN) — The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to John O’Keefe and May-Britt and Edvard Moser for work […]
Hajj: The Best Symbol for Our Universal Brotherhood!
Epigraph: And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who […]
The Folly of the NYC Anti-Islamic Ads
By Naseem Mahdi, National Vice President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful This week, anti-Islamic ads appear on 100 New York City buses and two subway […]
Blessed Eid and Yom Kippur and What is the Muslim Times doing for You?
Epigraph: So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:10) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor Happy Eid Mubarak and Hajj to all our Muslim readers, from the whole […]
Case Of Muslim Woman Denied Job At Abercrombie & Fitch To Go Before Supreme Court
Source: The Huffington Post Reuters | By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said it would consider whether a Muslim woman denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch […]
Turkish lawmakers OK military action against ISIS
Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN) — Turkish lawmakers voted Thursday to authorize military force against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, joining a growing international coalition against the Islamist militants as they continued […]
Ireland set to call referendum on blasphemy laws
Source: The Guardian By Henry McDonald in Dublin Tuesday 30 September 2014 Atheists and secular campaigners have welcomed the Irish government’s decision to hold a referendum that may abolish Ireland’s blasphemy laws. […]
Karadzic takes ‘moral responsibility’ for Bosnia war crimes
Source: BBC Related Stories Profile: Radovan Karadzic Dutch liable over Srebrenica deaths Grief of Bosnia war lingers on Radovan Karadzic is closing his defence saying he takes “moral responsibility” for […]